Flower Child Autumn Blend

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Today I have a very simple card(s) using the Flower Child stamp set from Gina K which is now available for purchase as a stand alone set. This is a detailed stamp that is wonderful for coloring, see my previous blog called "Flower Child w/Zig Markers". However, today I wanted to show you how great this stamp is to use on a quick, easy blended background! I will show the process for my first card start to finish, where I create an ink blended background. For the second card I use my ink cubes to create the background and will show a few pictures of that process. Because both cards are made the exact same (except for the background) I will not repeat the process. All of the sentiments I use are included in this stamps set. The ink and cardstocks I use are both from Gina K. Designs. Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I use the biggest stitched die from the Master Layouts 2 Die Set (YAY, it's back in stock, both sets!!) and cut out of White Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.

Using my Blender Brushes, I start by blending Faded Brick Ink onto the top of my panel, fading down with the ink a bit. Next, I use Tomato Soup Ink and blend below the previous color, blending back into it. I also fade out the ink a bit. For my final color I blend Sweet Mango Ink below the previous color, blending back into it. I then fade the ink out towards the bottom of the panel, fading out to white. **Fading out the ink towards the next color helps to join colors and create a seamless blend.

I now place the panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamp the image from the Flower Child Stamp Set using Amalgam Obsidian Ink. I then set the panel aside to dry while I work on my sentiment.

Using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer, I cut a 1" x 4 1/4" piece out of Vellum and place it into my MISTI. I prep the vellum with my Anti Static Powder Bag then stamp a sentiment from the Flower Child Stamp Set using Amalgam Obsidian Ink. I then add Black Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.

To adhere the vellum to my panel, I add a piece of Terrific Tape to the back side of both ends of the vellum strip and remove the release paper. I center the sentiment along the lower portion of my panel then wrap the ends of the vellum around the back of the panel and press to adhere.

Taking the layering die from the Master Layouts 2 Die Set I cut out of Black Onyx Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. 

I add Terrific Tape to the back of my blended panel and adhere it to the black panel. Next, I place a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Plum Punch Cardstock into my Scor Buddy and score at 5 1/2" creating a top folding card. I add Foam Tape to the back of my panel and mount onto my card base. To finish, I use my Jewel Picker to add Water Droplets with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

For my second card I went through the same process to create the card so I won't go over everything again. I did use a different sentiment from the same Flower Child Stamp Set and mounted the panel onto Sweet Mango Cardstock. I used the same ink colors and combination. Instead of blending the ink, I used my ink cubes directly on the cardstock. First I took the Faded Brick Ink Cube and starting off of the panel, I pulled the ink cube across the panel. I then followed using Tomato Soup Ink and Sweet Mango Ink. I started off with a light hand then went back through each color to darken the blends. 

I actually created a third card doing the same ink to paper technique, this time however I used a very light hand giving the panel a light wash look. I could not get a good final picture so I just snapped a close up of it to show you. Again, I used the same ink colors and combination, mounting the panel onto Kraft Cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how fun it is to use detailed images over a blended background. I find these types of images to be very versatile, they can be beautifully colored or used as a line image over colored backgrounds. I love bright blended backgrounds but thought I'd use some fall colors today. These three colors ended up going very well together and would be great for creating masculine cards.

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Jeannie